Tiara Street Park

Note to parents of little ones: go to this park early in the morning or forget it!
I was so excited initially about this park, the location is so convenient for me. It was new, it was clean, it was CLOSED! Like, forever! I waited and waited for it to finally open, and when it did it was wonderful. Whenever we went, it was totally clean and we pretty much had the place to ourselves. The bathrooms are well designed and extremely clean for a public park. The play structures are unique and totally shaded.
Problem is, this playground has gotten dirty and crowded very quickly. Most days, candy wrappers and food bits can be seen scattered around the playground. I’ve seen kids playing unattended a lot there, especially later in afternoons. Many of them are rowdy, foul mouthed and downright rude. I saw an older child cursing loudly and being incredibly mean to little 5 year old. His parents were of course nowhere to be found. I’ve got toddlers and they don’t need to see all that. Also, Good luck finding a shady bench!
A lot of people gather at this park just to eat their takeout from in n out burger across the street. Quite a few teens making out and many people without kids considering its primarily a playground. I once saw a grown man pushing what looked like his teenaged girlfriend on a swing. Talk about creepy!
Sadly, this park is an abosolute fav for the local riff raff!

We like this park because there is no sand! It is also next to in-​n-​out so we done and play sometimes.

Super cute park with a nice trail around it, big grassy hill, covered play ground, and work out equipment. It’s normally pretty clean, with lots of garbage cans spread around. I end up picking up a bit of litter when I walk around, coke can here and there.
There is also a little community center with kids art classes and a pre school.

Cute and fairly new park in Noho. (usually head to Burbank for parks) My toddler likes the pirate ship playground and it’s shaded which is great. Also has the foam, so no sand or wood chips to deal with. There is a track to run and work out ‘stations’ which are pretty awesome. (can work on legs, arms, chest etc). Tables with chess (bring pieces) and the sinks are outside.
The downside is that it’s smaller, so I can see how it can get packed. The entrance on Lankershim is open, but I don’t like that’s it’s on a main street and no parking lot.
We went on a saturday around 4:45 and by 5:30 there were tons more people who brought their In-​N-​Out (from next door) to eat.

The park gets 5 stars. The deadbeat parents who could care less about their kids hygiene and manners get minus 100 stars. North Hollywood had some great areas… and some low income living on welfare lets have another kid to get more government money low life’s too. If you ask them to watch their kids as their about fall off the slide they stare at you with the I don’t know English and could care less stare.

I am baffled. Cute park. Lots of shade. Stuff for adults to exercise on. Signs everywhere welcoming you. Nice bathrooms. that are locked with a keypad. And the gates are locked with keypads. And the only way to get in is for someone already there to let you in. I was there at 4 on a Thursday. I asked other people there and they all said the same thing. we were let in. No signs posting hours or any info. You just have to essentially break in? If it’s underfunded, the city might just wanna leave a note with the code… haha. Anyway, it was fun if you can get in. And if you ignore the creeps at the In n Out across the way. Oh and if you don’t mind onions.

I really love this park for my two year old because the play gym area is enormous and there is no sand to get in her shoes. My only problem with it is that I can only bring her between 10am and 1pm on weekdays, otherwise you get a lot of kids running around that are less than polite. The parents are less than desirable also. I have seen kids that have gas station feet, in and out burger all over their faces, puke on the slides and the parents just do. not. care. to do anything about it. Clean up your damn kids, and clean up after them. I cannot count how many times Ihave picked up trash after other people’s children so my daughter doesn’t have to play in it. Nasty!
Weekends are hell, just forget about it.
If you can manage to take your kid during school hours on the weekdays there are only a few stay at home moms and some nannies. It’s relatively quiet and the company is a lot nicer. You won’t have to deal with puke and trash either.

What a pleasant surprise! This park and playground opened October 2013. It has everything you’d expect and more from a park this size.
They have a full playground, with some of the largest sun shades I’ve seen. The rubber flooring surrounds the play structure and there is no sand anywhere. There are several benches and most appeared to be in the shade.
The entire site is pretty small, but it’s designed really well that it feels much larger. There are two picnic areas with tables. Some tables have built-​in chess/​checkers boards. One picnic area is close to the playground and the other is in the back of the park, in a more quieter space. There is also a gazebo type area, with concrete flooring, but no tables or benches.
Additional highlights are the 8+ exercise machines and equipment that are scattered throughout the dirt walking path around the park. They are designed for anyone 13 and up and they use your own bodyweight, which is great. Each one has a placard with instructions on how to use it.
There is also a multipurpose center, but I’m not yet sure what services they provide, other than after school care (listed on a posted flyer). The building has two unisex exterior restrooms. Outside the restrooms are two sinks, with soap and an air dryer.
This is not much of a park for sports or even throwing the ball around, but there is plenty of other things to do here. It could even be a great location for birthday parties!
Street parking is on Lankershim and side streets, plus they have a small lot.
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